[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [弘明集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102) › 4.37 # 弘明集 4.37 弘明集 4.37 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.4.37) 答曰。又云。物無妄然必以類感云云。斯言果然。則類感之物輕重必侔。影表之勢脩短有度。致飾土木。不發慈愍之心。順時獀狩。未根慘虐之性。天宮華樂焉賞而上昇。地獄幽苦奚罰而淪陷。昌言窮軒輊。立法無衡石。一至於此。 > \[The opponent\] answers: It was also stated: “Phenomena never occur haphazardly, but must be stirred by their kind,” and so forth. If these words were indeed true, then things stirred by their kind would necessarily be equal in weight and lightness, and the state of a shadow and its gnomon would have a measured ratio of length. Decorating wood and earth does not arouse a mind of loving-kindness and pity, and hunting according to the seasons has not yet taken root in a cruel and violent nature. By what reward is one elevated to the glorious bliss of the heavenly palaces? By what punishment is one plunged into the dark suffering of the hells? To claim broadly that \[such matters\] are completely weighed in balance, yet establish a law without any standard weights and measures—how can it have reached such an extent? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.4.36) - [Next: 4.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.4.38) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102~en-mt.4.37) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.4.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.4.37) · Pramāṇa